From: Bill Balfour Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 3:57 PM To: West Virginia Association for Cave Studies ; [email protected] ; Dave Scott ; chuck frostick Subject: |wvacs| Bob Handley
Bob died in his sleep yesterday evening. From what I understand he will be cremated and his ashes will be scattered on his property. There will probably be a memorial service sometime this spring. That's about all I know for now. --Bill _______________ A few Texas cavers will remember Bob Handley. His caving career extends back to the 1940's and ended just recently. He was an active participant in the C-3 Expedition in parts of what is now the Mammoth system the 1950's. I was fortunate to cave with Bob in Simmons Mingo cave several times in the early '70s. He was a natural. I've seen him many times since at OTRs and NSS Conventions and other caver gatherings and he always called my by name and seemed really glad to see me. I consider it an honor to have caved with Bob and to have been counted amongst his friends ever since. Bob was about 81 or 82 and has probably been in more caves than any other caver I know of. --Ediger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
